The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Sunday, January 11, 2026

A Good Faith Appeal and a Grim Response

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As I write, there are reports of ICE agents going from house to house in St. Paul, kicking-in the door of at least one home and hauling an ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Chris Hedges: “Most Revolutions Succeed Not Through Violence But Through National Strikes”

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In the following 8-minute video journalist and author Chris Hedges responds to two questions from viewers, the first of which is: “How do ...
Friday, January 09, 2026

Omar Fateh: “Folks Are Waking Up”

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Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh spoke earlier today at a rally calling for justice for Renée Good , killed Wednesday in Minneapolis by ...

Karen Salmansohn on the “Duel Citizenship of Being Alive”

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Earlier today my friend Andrea shared the following via social media. It was just what I needed to read, given all that’s going on – both h...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

“It Was Murder”: 12 Powerful Responses to the Death of Renée Nicole Good

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A woman, a wife, a mother died today. Her name was Renée Nicole Good . She was 37 years old. Say her name. Sit with it. Let it land....

Butch Ware: “We Have the Power to Stop the Flow of Money and the False Legitimacy Upon Which Empire Depends”

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I received the following message yesterday from Green Party candiate for California governor, Butch Ware . It’s a message that fills me wit...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

“This Is What Fascism Looks Like”

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The following statement was released earlier today by the Green Party of Minnesota . A n ICE agent has just shot and killed a legal obs...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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